Author: BooMan

Harry Reid will give Senate Republicans the chance “to shut that whole thing down,” meaning the shutdown. The idea is that Senate Dems will move their own clean debt limit bill, rather than wait for the House GOP to...

While it is true that the Democrats’ willingness to pass a clean continuing resolution at sequester levels of funding constitutes a significant concession, I do have to wonder if it is quite the victory for the Republicans...

Ahem. Anyone who remembers the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. little more than five years ago knows what a global financial disaster is. A U.S. government default, just weeks away if Congress fails to raise the debt...

This New York Football Giants fan is not enjoying this NFL season, at all.

It’s a good idea to talk to an actual hostage negotiator to get some advice on how to end the government shutdown and avoid a default on our debt. But, when you know almost beyond any shadow of a doubt that the kidnappers...